CVE-2021-23877 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Windows trial installer of McAfee Total Protection (MTP) versions prior to 16.0.34_x. A local attacker can exploit this by replacing a temporary file during the trial installation, enabling them to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. While the CVSS score is 7.8 (HIGH), indicating significant impact, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or notable community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.0.34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:total_protection:*:*:*:*:free_trial:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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